Alex Gordon was 4-for-4 with two three-run homers Sunday as the Royals beat the Orioles 8-6.

Gordon, who led the Royals with 20 home runs last year, had gone 134 at-bats without a home run before he connected off Ubaldo Jimenez the fifth. Gordon homered off Troy Patton in the seventh.

After his second homer, the Kauffman Stadium crowd gave Gordon, right, a lengthy standing ovation.

"I didn't know what to do," Gordon said. "They told me just to go wave my helmet. They just started yelling at me. I was downstairs enjoying the moment. They told me to come up and give the crowd a wave. It was my first. Hopefully, it's not the last. It was pretty cool. It's something I won't forget."

-- In a 6-2 win over the visiting Rays, the Angels' Albert Pujols hit two home runs to boost his career total to 504 and tie him with Eddie Murray for 25th place on the all-time list.